Poetry

Just a reminder that your child's poem is due on Tuesday, November 13.  Please make sure your child is ready to present it in front of the class with a prop, some actions, or sharing their favorite part of the poem.  Thanks! 

Rhyme

 I like to see a thunder storm,

        A dunder storm,

                A blunder storm,

I like to see it, black and slow,

Come stumbling down the hills.

 I like to hear a thunder storm,

        A plunder storm,

                A wonder storm,

Roar loudly at our little house,

And shake the window sills!

~Elizabeth Coatsworth

Hold Fast to Your Dreams

 Within your heart

Keep one still, secret spot

Where dreams may go,

And sheltered so,

May thrive and grow--

Where doubt and fear are not.

Oh, keep a place apart

Within your heart,

For little dreams to go.

~Louise Driscole

Who Has Seen the Wind?

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling

The wind is passing through.

 Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I;

But when the trees bow down their heads

The wind is passing by.

~Christina Rossetti

An Emerald is as Green as Grass

And emerald is as green as grass;

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone;

To catch the world's desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

~Christina Rossetti